Photograph By Keith Anderson
International students believe the key to getting ahead in Canada is education, mastering English - and hockey.
As Thompson Rivers University s International Days gets into full swing, speakers and events turn campus attention to the foreign student experience this week.
They re coming in droves and they re eager to fit in, according to the study How TRU International Students are Preparing for Career Related Work in the Canadian Labour Market after Graduation by Nancy Bepple, TRU Careers Education Department co-ordinator.
The university has seen a 276 per cent increase in international students from 2000 to 2010.
And after experiencing Canada, only 50 per cent of them want to return to their native countries.